Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou

Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou (Japanese: おそ松くん) is a comedy manga series by Fujio Akatsuka which ran in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine from 1962 to 1969. The series revolves around a group of sextuplet brothers who cause all sorts of mischief. It has been adapted into two different anime series of the same name, the first of which was produced by Studio Zero in 1966, and the second by Studio Pierrot in 1988. A new anime series by Pierrot, Mr. Osomatsu, began airing in October 2015 to celebrate Akatsuka’s 80th birthday, with a manga adaptation by Masako Shitara serialized in Shueisha‘s You magazine from January 2016.

Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou

Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou (おそ松くんはちゃめちゃ劇場, “Nonsense Theater”) is a platform video game by Sega, which was released in 1988 for the Sega Mega Drive.^[2][3] An early Mega Drive title, it never saw a release outside of Japan.^[3] The Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou game was based on the manga Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou by Fujio Akatsuka, and acts as a promotion for the anime adaptation that premiered the same year; players controlled the title character and encountered many of the series’ characters in a strange (but comical) world.^[2]

Gameplay – Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou

The player controls Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou, leader of the sextuplets, through a total of three stages, armed only with a short-range slingshot. Each stage has a distinct path the players need to follow in order to proceed, though each stage has a variety of different places to go. Each stage is divided into a number of separate segments, with Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou traversing between them via a variety of ways, such as going through doors, falling down pits, grabbing balloons, or jumping on a golden cloud.

In order to fight the boss of each stage, the player has to locate and defeat the stage’s miniboss, portrayed by either Chibita or Dekapan, in order to locate and defeat Iyami, who plays the role of the stage’s boss. Every time a boss or miniboss is defeated, Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou maximum health and slingshot range both increase.

The player can enter shops run by Totoko, where they can purchase power-ups using collectible yellow ribbons; the player’s inventory is located on the pause screen. The shops also have mini-games, such as a slot machine and a small path-finding Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou. The player starts Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou game with three lives and cannot earn any continues; additional lives are awarded by collecting six 1-Up Cards. Defeating enemies can cause them to randomly drop ribbons, health items, or (on rare occasions) 1-Up Cards.

Osomatsu Matsuno (松野おそ松, Matsuno Osomatsu)Voiced by: Midori Katō (1966), You Inoue (1988)The oldest and leader of the sextuplets, as well as the best fighter in the group. In the 1993 one-shot story “Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou Grows Up”, he has become a typical salaryman and is unmarried. His name comes from osomatsu (お粗末, lame or ill-prepared).Karamatsu Matsuno (松野カラ松, Matsuno Karamatsu)Voiced by: Fuyumi Shiraishi (1966), Mari Mashiba (1988)The second-oldest, he is neat, tidy and painful yet fickle. In “Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou Grows Up”, he has married a green grocer‘s daughter. His name comes from karamatsu (唐松, larch).Choromatsu Matsuno (松野チョロ松, Matsuno Choromatsu)Voiced by: Keiko Yamamoto (1966), Rica Matsumoto (1988)The third-oldest, he is the clever one of the group but also very selfish. He and Osomatsu usually cause mischief together. In “Osomatsu kun Hachamecha Gekijou“, he has become a police officer. His name comes from choroi (ちょろい, easy or simple).